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Radxa Dragon Q6A: My hands-on experience

Radxa Rock 5T: Pi-Sized Power With PCIe, NVMe, USB 3.1 Gen2, Thermals & Real-World Benchmarks

ReSpeaker XVF3800: a surprisingly solid local voice assistant for Home Assistant

Learn how to run Frigate NVR on the Radxa Rock 5T. Leverage the built-in RK3588 NPU for low-power, subscription-free local AI object detection with multiple IP video streams and see how it performs

How to Run Frigate NVR on Radxa Rock 5T Using the Built-In NPU

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Discover real-world benchmarks, dual NVMe testing, and blazing-fast Home Assistant AI performance that easily outshines the Raspberry Pi 5

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Sonoff Dongle Max: what makes it “Max”

How To Backup Home Assistant On Google Drive

Learn how to set up Tuya Local in Home Assistant for fast, reliable local control. Discover how to extract your local key and track energy usage without any cloud delays.

How to Set Up Tuya Local in Home Assistant (Complete Guide)

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Radxa Cubie A7A Review: Pi-Sized Power With PCIe, NVMe, USB 3.1 Gen2

Radxa Dragon Q6A: Benchmarks, thermals, and Windows 11 Pro on ARM

I Built A DIY 10 Inch Server Rack

Build the ultimate compact DIY NAS with ZimaBoard 2. Leveraging ZimaOS and dual 2.5GbE, this energy-efficient kit simplifies backups, media streaming, and running virtual machines for your personal home lab

Building the Ultimate DIY NAS: ZimaBoard 2 Review & Benchmarks

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Radxa Cubie A5E Hands-On: The Budget NVMe SBC

Powerful Radxa Orion O6N Nano-ITX review: benchmarks, Linux support, thermals, AI tests, and I/O performance with UEFI support.

Radxa Orion O6N: My experience with this Nano-ITX Arm powerhouse

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A Rotary Display as My Home Assistant Knob

How to Setup Zigbee2Mqtt with Home Assistant 

Setup Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 With Home Assistant Container And Zigbee2MQTT Container

a powerful Zigbee/Thread coordinator with stronger antenna, built-in 2.4GHz Wi-Fi access point, WireGuard VPN support for remote Zigbee management, Home Assistant configuration, webhook triggers, and PoE power

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Radxa Cubie A7Z review with benchmarks, NVMe over PCIe Gen3 x1, USB 3.1 Gen2 speeds, thermals, power draw, and real-world 1080p/4K playback tests.

Radxa Cubie A7Z: Raspberry Pi Zero–sized Powerful SBC

How to Auto-Mount an NVMe Drive on Linux at Startup

How to Back Up an SD Card (Full OS Image) to an IMG File Using Linux

Tune Armbian’s PWM fan curve using a Device Tree Overlay. This step-by-step guide shows how to locate the pwm-fan node, edit cooling-levels and temp-trips, compile a .dtbo overlay, enable it in armbianEnv.txt, and verify fan speed changes in Linux

How to Tune CPU FAN Speed With PWM on Armbian (cooling-levels based on Temperature)

How to Tune CPU FAN Speed With PWM on Armbian

Auto-mount your NVMe SSD on Linux at startup using /etc/fstab the right way. Learn how to find the UUID, create a mount point, add a safe fstab entry

How to Auto-Mount an NVMe Drive on Linux at Startup (Using /etc/fstab)

How to Tune CPU FAN Speed With PWM on Armbian 

Create a complete SD card backup image (.img or .img.gz) on Linux using command line tools. Restore the image anytime to recover an OS and all installed software if the card gets corrupted.

How to Back Up an SD Card (Full OS Image) to an IMG File Using Linux Command Line

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Build Your Own Local Voice Assistant with ReSpeaker Lite and Home Assistant

My Voice Assistant With On-Device Wake Word Detection On ESP32 Using Micro Wake Word

Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 With Home Assistant Container And Zigbee2MQTT Container

ReSpeaker XVF3800 review for Home Assistant: ESPHome configuration, wake-word performance, practical placement tips for best results.

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Radxa Dragon Q6A

My Radxa Dragon Q6A review with benchmark results, thermals, NVMe/UFS speeds, Home Assistant voice tests, and a walkthrough of Windows 11 on ARM (UEFI).

Radxa Dragon Q6A: my hands-on experience (benchmarks, thermals, and Windows 11 Pro on ARM)

Setup Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 With Home Assistant Container

My Hands-On with a 7.3″ Color ePaper Display

I Created My Voice Assistant With On-Device Wake Word Detection 

I turned a 2.1" ESP32 rotary display into a Home Assistant controller for lights and volume using ESPHome, LVGL, and 3D-printed mounts.

A Rotary Display as My Home Assistant Knob: Elecrow CrowPanel 2.1" ESP32 rotary display

Muse Pi Pro

Hands-on review of the Muse Pi Pro RISC-V SBC with the SpacemiT K1 SoC – benchmarks, thermals, NVMe and Wi-Fi 6 performance, plus my honest thoughts for developers.

Muse Pi Pro (Spacemit K1 / M1) – My First Real RISC-V Experience

Setup Zigbee2Mqtt with Home Assistant

Connect Zigbee Plug Using Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus To Home Assistant 

We will look at setting up the new Home Assistant ZBT-2 with Home Assistant Container and Zigbee2MQTT container

Setup Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 With Home Assistant Container And Zigbee2MQTT Container — Step By Step Guide

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A palm-size IO board for Raspberry Pi CM5

I benchmarked the Radxa Cubie A7A (Allwinner A733): thermals, Geekbench, LPDDR5, PCIe NVMe, USB 3.1 Gen2, Whisper/HA, and Pi 5 vs Pi 4 comparisons.

Radxa Cubie A7A Review: Pi-Sized Power With PCIe, NVMe, USB 3.1 Gen2, Thermals & Real-World Benchmarks

Step-by-step AMD Instinct MI50 eGPU on LattePanda Mu Lite carrier board: Ubuntu 24.04 HWE, ROCm, Vulkan, Ollama & llama.cpp on GPU, PCIe/OCuLink

Running an AMD Instinct MI50 on a LattePanda Mu Lite (OCuLink eGPU) for Local LLMs

Seeed Studio Xiao 7.5 inch ePaper Display + ESPHome

Local Voice Assistant with ReSpeaker Lite and Home Assistant

Control LED Matrix With Home Assistant Like A Pro

Make a beautiful, low-power status board on a 7.3″ color ePaper. My ESP32-S3 tips, SenseCraft presets, and ESPHome LVGL config notes inside

My Hands-On with a 7.3″ Color ePaper Display (Seeed Studio reTerminal E1002)

GL.iNet Slate 7 (GL‑BE3600) Review

Radxa Cubie A5E Hands-On

Create a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) with Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 

Hands-on with a palm-size Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 IO board: M.2 NVMe, Gigabit Ethernet, USB-C PD, 4K60 HDMI. Setup tips, eMMC flashing, thermals, and real-world speed tests.

A palm-size IO board for Raspberry Pi CM5 — my hands-on review and tests | CM5 Minima From Seeed Studio

Rhasspy Speech: Boost Home Assistant Voice Control on Raspberry Pi 

How to Integrate Home Assistant with Google Home, Apple Home, and Alexa Without Exposing it to the Internet

Hands-on guide to a monochrome e-paper Home Assistant dashboard with ESP32-C3 & ESPHome—local, no cloud, icon fonts, 3D-printed case, and clear code.

A Local E-Paper Dashboard for Home Assistant (Seeed Studio Xiao 7.5 inch ePaper Display + ESPHome)

A hands‑on write‑up of how I installed and lived with the SwitchBot Home Climate Panel and the Thermostat Radiator Valve (TRV)—what the process looked like, which settings actually helped, and a few “wish‑I‑knew” tips for smoother day‑to‑day use

SwitchBot Climate Panel + TRV — Review and Little Things That Matter

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Radxa X4: 60$ Powerful Atlernative to Raspberry Pi 5

Radxa Cubie A5E tested—performance, temps, NVMe speeds, and value vs Raspberry Pi, with real numbers and use-cases

Radxa Cubie A5E Hands-On: The Budget NVMe SBC—Full Review & Results

Comet KVM Pro packs Wi-Fi 6 KVM-over-IP, 4K30 HDMI Out, mic/audio, virtual media, Tailscale, plus cloud or self-hosted management for painless remote machine control.

GL.iNet Comet KVM Pro Review: Wi-Fi 6 KVM-over-IP with 4K HDMI Out Passthrough

Local Voice Assistant with ReSpeaker Lite

Setup On-Device Wake Word Detection For Voice Assistant

Easily Share Files With Home Assistant OS

Control LED Strip with Home Assistant

Discover how the Rhasspy Speech addon can supercharge your Home Assistant voice assistant on Raspberry Pi. Learn setup, performance tips, and why it might beat Whisper for speed.

Rhasspy Speech: Boost Home Assistant Voice Control on Raspberry Pi — Faster Than Whisper

Create a NAS with Raspberry Pi 5

Radxa X4: 60$ Powerful Alternative to Raspberry Pi 5

Install OS on Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 with eMMC Storage

Orange Pi 5 MAX: A Powerful Successor to the Orange Pi 5 Pro

DIY 10-inch rack using 2020 aluminium profiles—ideal for SBCs and home labs. Includes 3D print files and full build guide.

How to Create a NAS with Raspberry Pi 5

Radxa X4L: A Pocket‑Sized Powerhouse

How to Setup Zigbee2Mqtt with Home Assistant—Step by Step Guide

Discover the GL.iNet Slate 7: a compact Wi‑Fi 7 travel router with dual 2.5GbE ports, touchscreen interface, and OpenWrt for secure, high-speed connectivity anywhere.

GL.iNet Slate 7 (GL‑BE3600) Review: Your Ultimate Wi‑Fi 7 Travel Router

The Comet KVM (GL-RM1) provides reliable, BIOS-level remote access over IP with HDMI and USB-C support—perfect for IT pros, home labs, and server maintenance, all without subscription fees.

Comet KVM (GL‑RM1) Review: The Best Affordable KVM Over IP for Remote Access

Build a DIY NAS using Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, NVMe to SATA adapter, and OpenMediaVault with RAID 5.

Create a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) with Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 and NVMe to SATA Adapter

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Create Custom Wake Word For Your Voice Assistant

A powerful pocket-sized PC featuring the Intel N100 processor, dual 32-bit LPDDR5 memory channels, and versatile OS support. Ideal for home automation, virtualization, and portable computing.

Radxa X4L: A Pocket-Sized Powerhouse

Unleash Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5: compact, versatile mini-computer for high-speed storage, DIY NAS, and innovative projects.

Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5: Performance, Testing, and Potential

Created My Voice Assistant With On-Device Wake Word Detection On ESP32

3 Backup Strategies for My Raspberry Pi 5 NAS with RAID 5

Step by step guide to install Raspberry Pi OS on Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 with eMMC Storage 

How to Install OS on Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 with eMMC Storage

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Radxa X4, A New Intel-Based Single Board Computer: Features, Performance, and Use Cases

Step by step guide to create your own local voice assistant with Home Assistant with on-device Wake Word detection

How to Build Your Own Local Voice Assistant with ReSpeaker Lite and Home Assistant

Securely connect Home Assistant devices to Google Home, Apple Home, and Alexa without internet exposure.

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Orange Pi 5 Max

In this article we will look at the Orange Pi 5 MAX and compare it with the Raspberry Pi 5 in terms of performance

Exploring the Orange Pi 5 MAX: A Powerful Successor to the Orange Pi 5 Pro

In this article we will look at controlling a 32x8 LED Matrix panel with Home Assistant like a pro

How To Control LED Matrix With Home Assistant Like A Pro | Send Text Messages

In this article, we will look at how I added timers to my Voice Assistant with an ESP32 S3 with on-device Wake Word detection

Voice Assistant Timers With On-Device Wake Word Detection On ESP32 S3

In this article, we will look at how I created my Voice Assistant with an ESP32 S3 with on-device Wake Word detection using MicroWake Word to send commands to Home Assistant

How I Created My Voice Assistant With On-Device Wake Word Detection On ESP32 Using Micro Wake Word

In this article, we will look at how we can set up an ESP32 S3 with on-device Wake Word detection using MicroWake Word for your Voice Assistant to send commands to Home Assistant

How To Setup On-Device Wake Word Detection For Voice Assistant using Micro Wake Word

This article on how you can update the bootloader (EEPROM) on the Raspberry Pi

How To Update Bootloader (EEPROM) On The Raspberry Pi

In this article, we will look at how we can take automated backups of Home Assistant on Google Drive.

In this article, we will create a NAS (network attached storage) usign a Raspberry Pi 5. This guide is also meant Raspberry Pi 4 and 3B

This article will explore how we can connect and automate the Tuya Zigbee 4 Button Smart Scene Switch with Home Assistant

Connect & Automate Tuya Zigbee Smart Scene Switch To Home Assistant

In this article, we will explore how we can create custom sentences for your voice assistant in for Home Assistant

Custom Sentences For Voice Assistant In Home Assistant

In this article, we will look at how we can connect the Xiaomi Temperature and Humidity (LYWSD03MMC) Bluetooth Sensor to Home Assistant

Connect Xiaomi Temperature and Humidity (LYWSD03MMC) Bluetooth Sensor to Home Assistant

In this article, we will explore how we can setup a Bluetooth Proxy to connect Bluetooth devices with Home Assistant

How to Connect Bluetooth Devices to Home Assistant with Bluetooth Proxy

In this article, we will explore how we can create a custom wake word for our voice assistant to invoke Home Assistant

How to Create Custom Wake Word For Your Voice Assistant In Home Assistant

In this article, we will explore how we can share files with Home Assistant OS

How to Easily Share Files With Home Assistant OS with Samba Share

In this article, we will explore the new MOES Zigbee Smart Knob and connect it to Home Assistant ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT

MOES Zigbee Smart Knob

In this article, we will look at how I created my voice assistant device to send commands to Home Assistant using Wake Word

My Local Voice Assistant Device With Wake Word In Home Assistant

In this article we will look at how you can connect an LG Washer with Home Assistant using LG ThinQ integration and configure a dashboard card

Setup LG Washer with Home Assistant using ThinQ Integration

This article will look at how to setup an ESP32 as local voice assistant and use Wake word to invoke Home Assistant devices

ESP32 as a Local Voice Assistant With Wake Word In Home Assistant

This article will look at how you can set up voice assistance with Home Assistant and invoke Home Assistant devices using a USB microphone.

Setup Local Voice Assistant In Home Assistant Using USB Microphone - Docker Containers Setup Guide

In this article, we will look at how you can control an LED strip with Home Assistant using WLED.

How to Control LED Strip with Home Assistant Using WLED — Step-By-Step Guide

In this article, we will look at how you can set up a Zigbee2Mqtt with Home Assistant

How to Setup Zigbee2Mqtt with Home Assistant — Step By Step Guide

In this article, we will look at how you can change colors for your energy graph in the energy dashboard of Home Assistant.

How To Change Graph Colors in Energy Dashboard In Home Assistant

In this article, we will be looking at how we configure Frigate to detect object and then connect it to Home Assistant to receive notification.

How I Setup ESP32 Cam with Frigate And Home Assistant To Detect Objects — Step-By-Step Guide

How I Setup MQTT Broker Docker Container Or Addon In Home Assistant — Step-By-Step Guide

In this article, we will be looking at how we control Tuya Devices Locally using Local Tuya.

How To Setup Local Tuya With Home Assistant

In this article, we will be looking at how we can connect Zigbee Devices using Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus to Home Assistant.

Connect Zigbee Plug Using Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus To Home Assistant - Step By Step Guide

In this article, we will be looking at how we can connect SGP30 CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) sensor and BH17450 Light sensor to Home Assistant

How I Built My Own Air Quality Monitor With Light Sensor For Home Assistant - Step By Step Guide

In this article, we will be looking at how we can connect Matter-enabled devices to Home Assistant

How I Added a Matter Device to Home Assistant - Step By Step Guide

In this article, we will be looking at how we can actually connect ESP32 CAM with Home Assistant

How I Setup ESP32 CAM With ESP Home and Home Assistant - Step By Step Guide

In this article we will look into how we can setup ESP32 / ESP8266 with ESP Home and Home Assistant

How I Setup ESP32/ESP8266 With ESP Home and Home Assistant OS And Container - Step By Step Guide

In this article we will look into how we can run Home Assistant Container with Docker

How to Run Home Assistant Container with Docker

In this article we will look into how we can install Home Assistant OS and connect it to the Wifi on boot up.

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